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Foreign Policy Elites Study, 1958 (ICPSR 7257)

Principal Investigator(s):Rosenau, James

Summary:

This study contains data on the views and opinions of 647
American public opinion leaders that were participants at the White House
Conference on Foreign Aspects of United States National Security held
in Washington, DC on February 25, 1958. The sample is composed of 61
percent of the 1,067 conferees. The data represent an attempt to gather
empirical information about national leaders, their opinion-making
activities, and their attitudinal and behavioral responses to common
stimuli... (more info)

This study contains data on the views and opinions of 647
American public opinion leaders that were participants at the White House
Conference on Foreign Aspects of United States National Security held
in Washington, DC on February 25, 1958. The sample is composed of 61
percent of the 1,067 conferees. The data represent an attempt to gather
empirical information about national leaders, their opinion-making
activities, and their attitudinal and behavioral responses to common
stimuli. Data are provided on respondents' perceptions and evaluations
of the conference and conference participants, and the effects of the
conference on their subsequent political and social activism and position
on foreign aid. Data are also provided on respondents' formal government
and political experience, access to formal and informal channels of
communication, friendship networks and interaction among opinion-makers,
familiarity with and involvement in foreign affairs, attitudes toward
foreign aid, and conceptions of the American people and public opinion.
Other demographic items specify age, sex, race, religion, education,
foreign travels, occupation, veteran and military status, and leadership
of organizations.

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The Foreign Policy Elites Study, 1958 (ICPSR 7257)
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Methodology

Sample:
A total of 647 American public opinion leaders that were
participants at the White House conference in February 1958.